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Creating Student Voice Through Conferencing

Activity provided by Kimberly Hardy

Follow one teacher’s use of “book tasting” and student-teacher conferencing to encourage and develop her Secondary One (Grade Eight) students to develop a personal reading profile that reflects their own tastes and interests as readers.

Levels: Secondary, Cycle 1, Secondary

Topics: Listening, Talk, Reading, Feedback

Categories: Reading, Reading Strategies, Middle Grade

Types: PDF

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From the 1920s to the 2020s: The Lasting Impact of the Harlem Renaissance

Activity provided by Voula Tsagaroulis

This unit aims to link literature from the Harlem Renaissance to contemporary literature around the theme of racial consciousness. The unit features a short story by Langston Hughes, which sets the stage for a poetry study that ultimately empowers students to produce multiple poems inspired by what they have studied.

Levels: Secondary, Cycle 1, Secondary

Topics: Reading, Writing/Production

Categories: Poetry, Middle Grade

Types: Video, Slides

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